Part 2 is about being carfree in the suburbs, which has been a popular topic on this forum over the years:
The Hell of Being Carless in America's Suburban Sprawl
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Part 3 of the series looks especially interesting to me, since I did a lot of hitchhiking back in the day:
The End of the Open Road: The Inside Story of How Hitchhiking Died
I probably won't have time to read/comment until tomorrow.